This reading can be used when it is not the Easter season.
Summary: God called Abram to leave his homeland, promising him blessings, a great name, and that all nations would be blessed through him. Abram obeyed.
The LORD said to Abram:
“Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you.
“I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you.”
And Abram went as the Lord directed him.